YourBoy007
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Digital Stock Tape Ticker on Stephen Ave
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Seems like only recently they converted that one TO offices.
1875
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i think this stretch of 8th has the potential to be quite cool, old school vibe. great having a local population in there. love to see a condo tower on that lot on the ne corner of 8th and 5th.
jianxia15
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New apartment proposed for 1819 26 Avenue SW. https://developmentmap.calgary.ca/?find=DP2023-00789
26Ave is really gaining momentum, but sadly there is no retail space again.
BTW, we drove past 1732 Bankview yesterday. The old apartment was already demolished.
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26Ave is really gaining momentum, but sadly there is no retail space again.
BTW, we drove past 1732 Bankview yesterday. The old apartment was already demolished.
1732 Bankview | SkyriseCalgary
1732 Bankview, Calgary by 1, CTZN Architecture
potatopizzafan
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Theres also a huge land assembly currently for sale a little further west on 26th. I believe its 8 bungalows with 360' of frontage, would love to see some midrises with CRU's.
On that note, 26th needs sidewalk bump outs badly. Pulling out onto 26th from any of the adjacent streets is so sketchy as there are almost always vehicles parked right up to the corners. I have seen the aftermath of multiple accidents because of this
On that note, 26th needs sidewalk bump outs badly. Pulling out onto 26th from any of the adjacent streets is so sketchy as there are almost always vehicles parked right up to the corners. I have seen the aftermath of multiple accidents because of this
Scoots
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FCC1982
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The problem for me is I hate that mid-century vibe. Can’t stand Elveden Centre.
FCC1982
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Still happy with these conversions though.
adamyyc
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A bit of a facelift and some dramatic lighting is all it really needs on the outside.
I love the mid-century vibe. I wouldn't want the whole downtown to be mid-century, but I find there is more character to that era than the era from the 70's or 80's. When I look at buildings like Fifth Ave Place, Sun life Buildings or 5th & 5th my first thought is, 'did someone actually paid to design this junk?'The problem for me is I hate that mid-century vibe. Can’t stand Elveden Centre.
Nawads
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I don't mind Fifth ave place, I think it fits for its purpose. If someone asked me what a glass office building might look like, that's what would come to mind, which I guess fits the point that it doesn't feel like it took much thought to design. It's absolutely best to have a mix of designs, and I like having a few of the mid-century buildings as well.
If there's any building type I wish we had less of, it would be all the older apartment buildings with massive above-ground parkades before the residential portion. Looks horrible, has bad street-level integration from a pedestrian perspective, and the towers themselves are not particularly great to look at either.
1875
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this is the time in the life cycle when a buildings appeal seem to bottom out, 10yrs later everyones regretting they disappeared.The problem for me is I hate that mid-century vibe. Can’t stand Elveden Centre.
personally i love those 50s buildings on 8th bc they were done reasonably well.
I would probably like 5th ave place better if we didn't have so many other boring twin and triplet office towers. It's one redeeming quality is the reflection of one tower off of the other one, but other than that it's so boring. That said, it the towers were combined into one 60 storey tower I might like it.
darwink
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MichaelS
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I am surprised the Sovereign seems to be taking so long to sell, given that Truman's somewhat comparable projects, the Broward and Gallery on 10th, all sold out pretty quickly when marketed to Ontario investors. I suppose the brokerage really does make a difference.